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is a blog about design, technology and culture written by Khoi Vinh, and has been more or less continuously published since December 2000 in New York City. Khoi is currently Principal Designer at Adobe. Previously, Khoi was co-founder and CEO of Mixel (acquired in 2013), Design Director of The New York Times Online, and co-founder of the design studio Behavior, LLC. He is the author of “How They Got There: Interviews with Digital Designers About Their Careers”and “Ordering Disorder: Grid Principles for Web Design,” and was named one of Fast Company’s “fifty most influential designers in America.” Khoi lives in Crown Heights, Brooklyn with his wife and three children.

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Yahoo Design Innovation Team Shuttered?

Thu 14 Feb 200812:17 PM

“An anonymous source just informed me the [entire team] (once coined yHaus) has been laid off, part of a closing-down of all innovation teams at Yahoo.”

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The Paige Compositor vs. the Linotype Machine

Thu 14 Feb 200811:45 AM

Great story.

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Smashing Magazine: Sampling of Award-winning Newspaper Designs

Wed 13 Feb 200802:40 PM
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NYT: John Alvin, Designer of Memorable Film Posters, Is Dead at 59

Tue 12 Feb 200807:22 PM

He was responsible for posters for many of the most iconic movies of my youth.

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Arrow Ring

Tue 12 Feb 200807:16 PM

Amusing ring shaped like a signage arrow.

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A Newspaper Can’t Love You Back

Tue 12 Feb 200806:40 PM

The producer of “The Wire” on his days at The Baltimore Sun.

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NYT: Who Won the Writers Strike?

Tue 12 Feb 200812:28 PM

“So after a long and bitter strike, the writers won, right? On points, yes, probably. On principle, certainly. From a practical perspective, maybe not so much.”

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Pitchfork Reviews British Sea Power’s “Do You Like Rock Music?”

Tue 12 Feb 200811:44 AM

This band is generally dismissible, but I link to this article because this is the best title for a record I’ve heard in ages.

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NYT: A Tight Grip Can Choke Creativity

Mon 11 Feb 200804:57 PM

Joe Nocera on J. K. Rowling, copyright and fair use.

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Opening an Untouched, Sealed Apple IIc for the First Time

Fri 8 Feb 200812:11 PM

“It’s never been opened. Ever. It hasn’t seen the light of day since before it was shipped on May 5th, 1988.”

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